1995 Goodwrench 500

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1995 Goodwrench 500
Race details
Race 2 of 36 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Date February 26 (February 26), 1995
Location North Carolina Speedway, Richmond County, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
1.017 mi (1.636 km)
Distance 492 laps, 500.364 mi (805.257 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 70.9 °F (21.6 °C); wind speeds up to 13.5 miles per hour (21.7 km/h) [1]
Average speed 125.305 mph
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 329
Winner
No. 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network TNN
Announcers Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Ernie Irvan

The 1995 Goodwrench 500, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on February 26, 1995 at North Carolina Speedway in Richmond County, North Carolina. Contested over 492 laps on the 1.017 mile (1.636 km) speedway, it was the 2nd race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.

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This is the last 500 mile race at Rockingham.

Dale Earnhardt would take away the championship lead from Sterling Marlin after the end of the race. [2]

Top 10 results

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturer
124 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
218 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet
33 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
410 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford
528 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford
629 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet
76 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford
812 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford
931 Ward Burton A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet
1042 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac

Race statistics

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